PORTLAND, Ore. – Portland Thorns FC forward Christine Sinclair has been named to the 23-player Canada Women’s National Team roster for the 2019 FIFA Women’s World Cup in France, it was announced today.
The 2019 FIFA Women’s World Cup will be Sinclair’s fifth World Cup with Canada. The captain of the Canada Women’s National Team, Sinclair has made 282 international appearances, tallying 181 career goals. She currently ranks second all-time in career international scoring and with four more goals will break the all-time international goal-scoring record set by Abby Wambach (184). At the 2015 World Cup, Sinclair helped Canada advance to the quarterfinal round of the tournament, starting in all five matches and tallying two goals and an assist.